Procurement Pivots®
av Donna Bowden & Laura Sellers
EP69: Preparing for Your Procurement Team's End-of-Year Performance…
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Honest conversations and fresh perspectives to help procurement professionals, wherever you are in your career. Navigate change, grow with confidence and shape a career on your terms.
Co-hosted by Donna Bowden (Procurement Career Coach, Founder of Narrate Your Career) and Laura Sellers (Executive & Leadership Coach, Founder of Coaching for Procurement) who bring a combined 20+ years of supporting procurement growth
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- EP69: Preparing for Your Procurement Team's End-of-Year Performance Reviews: How to Make Them Count · 28 min · Episode 69Send us Fan Mail How do you prepare for your procurement team's end-of-year performance reviews and make sure these important conversations really count? What questions should…
- EP68: Team Dynamics in Procurement: The Complexities Behind Building a Great Team · 41 min · Episode 68Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to build a great procurement team? You can bring together highly experienced, capable procurement professionals, but that doesn't…
- EP67: Pressure in Procurement: How to Respond Rather Than React · 29 min · Episode 67Send us Fan Mail How do you stay effective under pressure when working in procurement? Managing competing priorities, demanding stakeholders, tight deadlines and increasing…
- EP66: Evidencing Your Value Through Social Proof in Procurement · 31 min · Episode 66Send us Fan Mail You know the value you bring. But how well can you evidence it? In today's procurement landscape, being able to talk about your experience and achievements…
- EP65: Building Procurement Interview Confidence: How to Be Ready Before the Opportunity Arrives · 33 min · Episode 65Send us Fan Mail How interview-ready are you right now? Not when you've got an interview in the diary. Right now. Because procurement opportunities don't always arrive when…
- EP64: You Already Have a Personal Brand in Procurement. Does Yours Reflect Who You Are Now and Where You're Heading Next? · 29 min · Episode 64Send us Fan Mail You already have a personal brand. The question is, does it reflect who you are today, what you want to be known for and where you're heading next in your…
- EP63: 100 Days to Go: There's Still Time to Change Your Results in 2026 and How You Feel about the Year Ahead · 25 min · Episode 63Send us Fan Mail There are 100 days to go until the end of 2026. How do you want to feel when you get there? And how do you want to step into 2027? September can bring a renewed…
- EP62: Why a Good Procurement CV Might Not Be Enough in 2026 · 39 min · Episode 62Send us Fan Mail The procurement job market has changed. Competition for senior procurement roles has increased, hiring processes have evolved and technology is playing a greater…
- EP 61: Using Boundaries to Elevate Your Impact as a Procurement Leader · 32 min · Episode 61Send us Fan Mail Procurement leadership, workplace boundaries, strategic leadership, career progression, prioritisation and high performance are more closely connected than you…
- EP60: The Procurement Career Crossroads No One Prepares You For · 37 min · Episode 60Send us Fan Mail Procurement careers, career crossroads, career clarity, procurement leadership, career change and senior procurement job search can all collide at a point that…
- EP59: What Procurement Transformation Really Requires from Leaders · 35 minSend us Fan Mail Successful Traits of Procurement Leaders: Coaching Procurement transformation, procurement leadership, coaching skills, stakeholder management, influencing…
- EP 58: What Successful Procurement Leaders Do Differently with Stakeholders · 40 min · Episode 58Send us Fan Mail Procurement stakeholder management, stakeholder relationships, procurement leadership, influence, business partnering and procurement careers are all critical to…
- EP 57: You’ve Got the Role - Now What? How Your First Few Months Define Your Success as a Procurement Leader · 28 min · Episode 57Send us Fan Mail Procurement leadership, first 90 days, stepping into a new role, procurement career progression, stakeholder management and leadership success are all critical…
- EP 56: Are You Asking the Right Questions as a Procurement Leader? Successful Traits of Procurement Leaders: Curiosity · 25 min · Episode 56Send us Fan Mail Successful Traits of Procurement Leaders: Curiosity Curiosity is a critical skill in procurement leadership, yet many procurement professionals don’t fully…
- EP 55: How Are You Really Coming Across at Work? Successful Traits of Procurement Leaders: Self-Awareness · 26 min · Episode 55Send us Fan Mail Successful Traits of Procurement Leaders: Self-Awareness How you see yourself isn’t always how others experience you. And that gap can have a significant impact…
- EP 54: Why Your Relationship with Your Boss Matters More Than You Think · 28 min · Episode 54Send us Fan Mail Your relationship with your boss is one of the most important factors in your procurement career, career progression and leadership development. And yet, it’s…
- EP 53: Introverted in Procurement? How to Still Be Seen and Heard · 26 min · Episode 53Send us Fan Mail If you’re introverted in your procurement career, you might feel the pressure to be more visible, speak up more or show more confidence in meetings or whilst…
- EP 52: Why so many Procurement Professionals are Burning Out · 26 min · Episode 52Send us Fan Mail Burnout in procurement is becoming more common. And it’s not always for the reasons we think. In this episode of Procurement Pivots, we explore why burnout is…
- EP 51: Internal Positioning – The Key to Progression in Senior Procurement Careers · 27 min · Episode 51Send us Fan Mail Internal progression in procurement doesn’t happen by default. You can be delivering, experienced and performing well in your role, and still find that the next…
- EP 50: The Gap We’re Seeing Between Performance and Progression in Procurement Careers · 24 min · Episode 50Send us Fan Mail We’ve reached our 50th episode of Procurement Pivots, and rather than looking back, we wanted to focus on what we’re consistently seeing across the procurement…







